As a last minute impulse decision, I decided to join 4 other Hyderabad expats on a 48 hour trip to Goa this past weekend. One of the highlites of the trip was to be the actual return flight into Hyderabad as Sunday the 16th was supposed to be the first day of operation of the new multi-million dollar Hyderabad International airport in Shamshabad...so that was going to be interesting to check out. Me, Mark, Kate, Avi and Steve all met up in Goa Friday night after work...Steve and Avi arrived Thursday night. Not really much to report on the trip itself besides we ate lot of great seafood, had some good times at Cocktails and Dreams, got a full day of beach time, beautiful Goan sunset over the Arabian see and a very relaxing Sunday by the hotel pool. It was a very quick trip and we were only in Goa around 48 hours...but the time spent there was very, very good. Of course...the new airport didn't open so we ended up flying back into the same old Hyderabad airport. I might try another quick weekend trip before the monsoon season hits. Enjoy the pics!